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Aqib Talib put together a successful career as a cornerback in the NFL. He spent his 12 year career playing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, and Los Angeles Rams. Throughout his career, he won a Super Bowl, was selected to an All-Pro team twice, and earned Pro Bowl honors five […]

With quarterback Kirk Cousins out with COVID-19, the Minnesota Vikings played their preseason opener vs. the Las Vegas Raiders. The Raiders won 26-20, but the real story is how several players struggling to make the Vikings roster in 2022 played. While some bubble players looked good, others struggled to find their footing in the Vikings […]

Jimmy Garoppolo has recently been linked to the Cleveland Browns. He’s been mentioned in trade rumors all offseason long but nothing has come to fruition. However, many felt as if Cleveland would be interested in the San Francisco 49ers’ QB because of Deshaun Watson. Watson was originally handed a 6-game suspension, but the NFL is […]

The Cleveland Browns are set to receive a significant boost to their secondary this week as star cornerback Denzel Ward should be making his return to practice. Ward started training camp on the PUP list but was activated on Monday as he looks to ramp up his activities and get back to work. After activating […]

The Dallas Cowboys continue to have issues with penalties. After the 2021 NFL season in which they led the league with 7.2 penalties per game and 0.06 penalties per play, it was to be expected that the Cowboys were going to put an emphasis on cleaning up their ways on that end in the offseason. […]

The San Francisco 49ers have been bitten by the injury bug early and often throughout training camp and preseason play. That has made head coach Kyle Shanahan’s job harder, as he has to evaluate his roster knowing some players aren’t able to practice or are playing at less than 100 percent. Kyle Shanahan dealt another […]

The Denver Broncos were slapped with a brutal injury blow over the weekend when inside linebacker Jonas Griffith went down with an elbow ailment. The initial reports on the injury have Griffith tabled for a lengthy absence ranging anywhere from 4-8 weeks, which is obviously problematic for the Broncos’ defense. In order to address the […]

The Denver Broncos knew they were going to have to revamp their pass rush after they traded Von Miller to the Los Angeles Rams midway through the 2021 season. Enter Randy Gregory, the former Dallas Cowboys pass rusher who has struggled to stay on the field throughout his career. Whether it be injuries or suspensions, […]

The NFL mandates that teams go from the initial 90-man preseason rosters to the final 53-man version by Tuesday, August 30, at 4 pm ET. That means that after the Kansas City Chiefs preseason opener vs. the Chicago Bears, Andy Reid and company now have two weeks to fine-tune the bottom of the Chiefs roster. […]

Only three weeks ago, George Fant was named the starting left tackle for the New York Jets. However, Fant is now the right tackle after the Jets signed veteran Duane Brown to replace the injured Mekhi Becton on their offensive line. Fant transitioned to the right side at practice Sunday, with Brown’s arrival imminent. Brown, […]

The Detroit Lions are looking to improve after a miserable 2021 season that saw them go 3-13-1. With a new influx of talent on their roster, chances are the Lions will be able to win more than three games in 2022. Detroit most likely won’t contend for a playoff spot this season, but that’s OK. […]

In their 2022 preseason opening game, the Cleveland Browns triumphed against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Jaguars had the stronger start in their matchup, but the Browns’ depth won them the day. Deshaun Watson made his Browns debut in a highly anticipated game. It was a dismal one for him, however, as he only managed to […]

The Los Angeles Chargers have high expectations for the 2022 NFL season. After falling short last year, head coach Brandon Staley and the team have a specific approach to winning games this season. And their strategy is one that would make Madden video game players proud. Staley got brutally honest on the Chargers’ 4th-down aggressiveness, […]

The Arizona Cardinals are looking to put together a complete season. After falling apart down the stretch of the previous two seasons, the hope is that with a revamped roster, Arizona will be able to put together a deep playoff run in the weakened NFC. The Cardinals have proven that they have the talent to […]

For a team like the Buffalo Bills, the preseason games are mostly a chance for head coach Sean McDermott and company to get a good look at the bottom of the depth chart. The players who showed out in the Bills preseason opener could become the third-stringer who makes a big play sometime during the […]

Jimmy Garoppolo has faced trade rumors all offseason long. But due to an injury, the veteran QB remains a member of the San Francisco 49ers. However, his future in San Francisco seems all but destined to end sooner rather than later. According to Peter King of NBC Sports, Garoppolo hasn’t been attending meetings and doesn’t […]

The sound most associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers’ last home game in early 2022 was a chant honoring a legendary quarterback. During his final home game in January 2022, Ben Roethlisberger received a “Thank you, Ben” chant from the fans in honor of his impending retirement. On Saturday, Steelers supporters chanted a new name. It […]

As NFL teams are starting to trim down their roster ahead of the start of the 2022 NFL regular season, the Los Angeles Rams also have decisions to make decisions on that front in the days to come. But for at least Rams rookie running back Kyren Williams, it appears that he’s already got a […]

The Kansas City Chiefs may have lost their preseason opener to the Chicago Bears, but we got a first-hand look at what the offense could look like in 2022 without Tyreek Hill, who was traded to the Miami Dolphins this offseason. Patrick Mahomes had six completions in his brief time in the game and all […]

The New York Giants gave wide receiver Kenny Golladay a four-year, $72 million contract in the 2021 offseason. Golladay was promptly a huge dud in his first season with the Giants, catching just 37 passes on 76 targets for 521 yards and not a single touchdown. Year 2 hasn’t started off much better for Golladay, […]

The Indianapolis Colts underwent some pretty massive changes this offseason in hopes that it would lead to significant improvements come the 2022 season. We got a first look at those changes when they took the field for their preseason opener against the Buffalo Bills. While the Colts would end up losing to the Bills by […]

Apart from the actual experience of finally appearing in his first real experience of playing in a competitive NFL game, Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Matt Corral had little to write home about in his preseason debut last Saturday against the Washington Commanders on the road. The Panthers did win that contest, 23-21, but from a […]

The Indianapolis Colts look to bounce back from last season, where their season ended in humiliation and sadness. It is time to examine FanDuel’s 2022 NFL over under win total odds, including the Colts’ over/under win total. The Colts ended their season with a thump, losing 26-11 in Week 18 against the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars. Now, […]

Alvin Kamara’s status for the upcoming season has been up in the air all throughout the 2022 NFL offseason. The New Orleans Saints and their fans have been holding out hope that Kamara will not get suspended for an incident in which he was arrested back in February, shortly after the conclusion of the 2022 […]

Philadelphia Eagles star wide receiver DeVonta Smith was recently dealing with a groin injury, but he returned to practice Sunday for the first time since Aug. 4. Smith made quite the impression in his return with a number of standout plays. Smith made one especially impressive catch for a touchdown on a jump ball from […]

The San Francisco 49ers will have a new quarterback under center for the 2022 season. After five years with Jimmy Garoppolo, head coach Kyle Shanahan is handing the keys to sophomore quarterback Trey Lance. Lance reportedly struggled in 49ers training camp but had a promising preseason debut. He’ll have to keep the impressive performances up […]

The NFL announced in October to end “race-norming,” a practice that assumed that Black players started out with lower cognitive abilities. The practice had long been criticized, even inciting a reaction from Congress in 2020. On Friday, a report came out that shared the results of 650 rescored medical tests for Black players. They did […]

Justin Herbert has turned out to be the long-time answer under center for the Los Angeles Chargers. But despite getting it right by selecting Herbert sixth overall in the 2020 NFL Draft (just after the Miami Dolphins took Tua Tagovailoa fifth overall), the Chargers have yet to make the NFL Playoffs in the two years […]

The Green Bay Packers had a tough end to the 2021-22 campaign, losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round. Green Bay went on to have an eventful offseason and is looking to remain a contender for a Super Bowl title. It was a second straight season where they held the number one […]

On Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings lost their first of three preseason games in 2022, 26-20, against the Las Vegas Raiders. For context, the Vikings benched star players like Thomas Hennigan, Dalvin Cook, and Kirk Cousins. Therefore, without the clubs’ star players, the contest was a pure exhibition match. Despite the Vikings’ Sunday loss, however, observers […]

Cleveland Browns guard Joel Bitonio believes that his former teammate with the Browns and current president of the NFL Players Association JC Tretter is getting the Colin Kaepernick treatment. With the 2022 NFL season just a few weeks from kicking off and the offseason about to enter the second week of the preseason, Tretter conspicuously […]

Joe Flacco is now projected to start for the New York Jets in Week 1 of the 2022 NFL regular season against a very familiar opponent for the veteran quarterback: the Baltimore Ravens. Flacco spoke about the possibility of him going up against the team he had the best years of his pro football career […]

The Las Vegas Raiders might have one of the most potent offensive attacks in the NFL this year. They added All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams to an already good offense. This is likely to open things up for Hunter Renfrow, and to a greater extent, Darren Waller. Waller is viewed as one of the best […]

The Denver Broncos had themselves a pretty good first preseason game. On Saturday, the Broncos effectively beat the visiting Dallas Cowboys 17-7. Both the offense and defense performed very well, almost dominating the Cowboys. In fact, the Broncos’ defense kept the Cowboys’ offense scoreless through the entirety of the first half. With the preseason being […]

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Drake London left the team’s preseason opener because of a knee injury. Now, we’re learning more about the scope and severity of the issue. Falcons head coach Arthur Smith spoke with reporters on Sunday where he provided an update. While the team isn’t concerned about this being a long-term injury, the […]

Friday night, the Green Bay Packers opened up their preseason against the San Francisco 49ers. During the game, Packers linebacker Rashan Gary had the biggest hit of the game. That’s despite the fact that he did not even play. Amari Rodgers, at the end of his kickoff return, was pancaked by his teammate, sending the […]

The Dallas Cowboys did not have a sparkling start to the 2022 NFL preseason, as they got dropped by the Denver Broncos on the road last Saturday in a 17-7 loss. It was quite an uncharacteristic performance — especially offensively — for the Cowboys, who were the highest-scoring team in the entire league in the […]

Yaqub Talib, the brother of former NFL star Aqib Talib, is wanted in Texas for the killing of a youth football coach. According to a press release from the Lancaster Police Department (via Aaron Wilson of Pro Football Network), the fatal shooting happened on August 13, Saturday, when police were “notified of a disagreement among […]

The Cincinnati Bengals were thought to be without their star quarterback, Joe Burrow, through much of training camp and the preseason. But that all ended on Sunday when Burrow made a surprise return to practice. Afterward, Bengals All-Pro wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase shared a revelation about Burrow’s status. Ja’Marr Chase on Joe Burrow not missing […]